Maths Tricks Practice Worksheet
The trick (Choose a trick): × 9 → finger trick; × 4 → double double; × 10, 100, 1000 → slide and add zeros. 37, 12345679 or 111… → magic patterns; reverse and subtract → 1089. Puzzles: find the rule, the total or the leftover days, then check your answer.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.40 × 4 =
- 2.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 46 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 3.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 55 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 4.Double 53 =
- 5.39 × 1000 =
- 6.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 7.6 × ? = 6000
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 38. What was my number?
- 9.32 × 4 =
- 10.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 11.818 × 10 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 13.6 × 9 =
- 14.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 42 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 14 9 | 12 10 ? | 11 6 13. What is the missing number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 ? 12 | 6 10 14 | 8 18 4. What is the missing number?
- 17.9 × 2 =
- 18.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 19.1 × 9 =
- 20.24 × 4 =
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 20. How old is each twin?
- 22.If today is Sunday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 23.Take 64 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 24.111 × 111 =
- 25.3 × 9 =
- 26.?998 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 24 10 | 12 16 20 | ? 8 18. What is the missing number?
- 28.Half of 178 =
- 29.9 × 6 =
- 30.Half of 92 =
- 31.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 32.12345679 × 72 =
- 33.The 7th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 34.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.23 × 1000 =
- 36.12345679 × 81 =
- 37.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 8 18 | 12 ? 20 | 14 24 10. What is the missing number?
- 39.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 40.7 × 1000 =
Answer key
- 160
- Friday
- Saturday
- 106
- 39000
- Monday
- 1000
- 10
- 128
- 987654
- 8180
- 594
- 54
- Monday
- 8
- 2
- 18
- 29
- 9
- 96
- 10
- Wednesday
- 54
- 12321
- 27
- 1
- 22
- 89
- 54
- 46
- 10
- 888888888
- Monday
- 5
- 23000
- 999999999
- 495
- 16
- 8
- 7000
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